RUSTSEC-2026-0259

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Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0259

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0259.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0259

Published

2026-08-20T12:00:00Z

Modified

2026-08-21T06:30:03.186108075Z

Summary

`arone` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

Details

We identified that arone contained malicious code executed through a build script.

This crate had 7 versions, with the most recent one being published at 2026-08-18. The crate was removed from crates.io on 2026-08-20 and the user account was locked.

This crate was used as part of a malware campaign targeted at users of arrayref, which was downloaded 2,285 times before being removed; see the arrayref advisory for more detail.

Database specific

{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / arone

Package

Name: arone; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/arone

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affects": {
        "arch": [],
        "os": [],
        "functions": []
    },
    "affected_functions": null
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0259.json"

informational

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